Nuclear Energy and Proliferation Security, Political and Economic Implications; Regional and International Models
Amman, Jordan
June 22-24, 2009
Organized by the Arab Institute for Security Studies
(www.acsis.org)
Co-Organized by the League of Arab States
(www.arableagueonline.org)
Co-sponsored by the British Government
(www.fco.gov.uk)
Co-sponsored by the Government of Holland
(www.minbuza.nl)
Co-sponsored by the Government of Norway
(www.regjeringen.no)
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Security Studies
(www.issafrica.org)
Co-sponsored by the Partnership for Global Security
(www.partnershipforglobalsecurity.org)

PROGRAMME    

Sunday – June 21, 2009
All day Arrival of participants
Please refer to logistics chart for airport pick-up arrangements and details on accommodation, venue, etc.

Monday – June 22, 2009
Venue: University of Jordan
17:00 – 17:25
---------------------------------
17:30 – 18:30






 

---------------------------------
19:00 – 20:30
---------------------------------
 21:00 – 22:00

 Conference Registration

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opening statements (Amman Security Colloquium) Chair: Arab Institute for Security Studies
     o Representative of the Government of Jordan
    o Representative of the British Government
    o Representative of the Government of the Netherlands
    o Representative of the Norwegian Government
    o Representative of Institute for Security Studies
    o President of Partnership for Global Security
    o Other speakers to be announced

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Formal Dinner
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Informal meeting with North African delegates
to discuss the forthcoming entry-into-force of the Pelindaba Treaty (Chaired by ISS representative) Location (Kempinski Hotel, Meeting Hall No. 4)
 

Tuesday – June 23, 2009
Venue: Kempinski Hotel
 Nuclear Non-Proliferation in the Middle East and the Prospects of a NWFZ
 0900 – 10301








---------------------------------
 Proposals for a Regional(and/or) International Fuel Cycle
 1030 – 1200






---------------------------------
1200 – 1230
---------------------------------
 Nuclear Capabilities and Security in the Middle East
 1230 – 1330



 

 


---------------------------------
1330 – 1515
---------------------------------
 Regional and International Implications
 1530 – 1715

 

 


---------------------------------
1900- 2100

 Panel 1: 
     o Chair: Ambassador Wael Al-Assad (Director of Multilateral Relations,
       League of Arab States)
    o Marc Finaud: (Promoting Multilateral Disarmament and Nonproliferation
       Instruments in the Middle East?)
    o John Thomson: (Role of Multilateralism in Reconciling Civil Nuclear
       Power and Non-Proliferation in the Wider Middle East)
    o Mark Fitzpatrick: (Preventing a Nuclear Cascade in the Middle East,
       Challenges Posed by the Iranian Nuclear Program)
    o Prof. Adrian Hyde-Price; (European Union Non-Proliferation Initiatives
       and the EU3 Engagement with Iran)
    o Amb. Nabil Fahmy; NWFZ in the Middle East - Lessons to be Drawn
       from the ACRS Process
------------------------------------------------------------------------Panel 2: 
     o Chair: Col. Francesco LoMancino (NATO School) Amb. Mohamed I.
    o Shaker: (Proposal for an Arab Nuclear Fuel Cycle)
    o Geoff Forden: (Proposal for a Multinational Enrichment Facility in Iran?)
    o Prof. Maurizio Martellini: (The Nuclear Global Expansion and Fuel Cycle
       in the Middle East in the framework of the NPT)
    o Tom Cochran: (Weaknesses in International Safeguards and a Proposal
       for Internationalizing Uranium Enrichment)
    o Klaas van der Meer: (From National Nuclear Fuel Cycles To An
       International Fuel Ban)K

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coffee break announced throughout session
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Panel 3: 
     o Chair: Noel Stott (ISS South Africa)
    o Raphael Della Ratta: (Nuclear and Radiological Security in the Middle
       East)
    o Prof. Alexander Nikitin: (Current New Russian-American Negotiations on
       Nuclear Matters “START and ABM” and their Implications for Middle
       East and Global Security)
    o Andrew Proudlove: (NATO Response to Proliferation)
    o John Weiss: (The American National Conversation About Iran’s
    o Nuclear Policy: Sources and Conflicting Themes)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lunch
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Panel 4: 
     o Chair: Dr. Kamal Araj (Jordnaian Atomic Energy Agency)
    o Dana Allin: (The Obama Foreign Policy in the Region)
    o Prof. Jim Wyllie: (Current and Likely Strategic Impacts of Iranian
       Nuclear Developments on GCC States, Egypt and Turkey)
    o Dr Sergio Catignani: (Israeli Nuclear Capabilities and the Implications of
       a Nuclear Iran on Middle East stability)
    o Nasser Saghfi-Amiri: (Nuclear Renaissance in the Middle East Region)
    o Amb. Said El Banhawy: (National and Regional Legislations Regulating
       Nuclear Power in the Arab World)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dinner at Jordanian restaurant
 

Wednesday – June 24, 2009
Venue: Kempinski Hotel
Regional Models - Establishing Nuclear Energy Confidence Building Measures & Awareness
 0900 – 1045








---------------------------------
 Energy Demand, Energy Security and Utilization of Atomic Energy in the Middle East  
1045 – 1115




---------------------------------
1115 – 1145
---------------------------------
 Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament – Another Perspective 
1145 – 1300

 

 


---------------------------------
1300 – 1330
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
1400 – 1830
---------------------------------
---- – ----

 Panel 5: 
     o Chair: Annalisa Giannella (EU: Personal Representative of for non-
       proliferation of WMD)
    o Nicholas Wheeler: (A Leap of Trust? Overcoming Mistrust in US-Iranian
       Nuclear Relations)
    o Maria Espona: (Security Confidence Building Measures in the
       Argentinian-Brazilian Context, ABACC Applicability in the Middle East)
    o Gregoire Mallard; (Can the Euratom Treaty Inspire the Middle East?)
    o Noel Stott: (Entry-into-Force of the Treaty of Pelindaba: Establishing
       the African Commission on Nuclear Energy - AFCONE)
    o Wyn Bowen: (Nuclear safety and security in the Middle East: are there
       any lessons from the G8 Global Partnership?)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Panel 6:
     o Chair: Dr. Ahmad Hyasat (Director; Jordan National Electrical Company)
    o Dr Esmat Ezz: (Nuclear Energy in the Coming Fifty Years)
    o Christopher Paine: (Alternatives to Nuclear Energy in the Region)
    o Michael Gaul: (NATO’s Role in Energy Security)
    o Dr. Jeremy Whitlock: (Candu Phwr: Meeting Market Needs With
       Performance & Proliferation Resistance
    o Ali Karami: (Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Energy in the Middle East)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coffee break announced throughout session
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Panel 7:
     o Chair: Wyn Bowen (Kings College – London)
    o Amb. Mohamed Reda Farahat: (0911 Events and the Nuclear Weapon
       Free Zone in the Middle East)
    o Milagros Alvarez-Verdugo: (Uranium Enrichment: Preventing
       Proliferation Risks Without Undermining States’ Sovereignty)
    o James Acton: (Turning up the contrast: Sharpening nonproliferation
       red lines)
    o Charles Pfaff: (Using Military Force to Prevent Proliferation)
    o Nilsu Goren: (Disarming Weapons of Mass Destruction)


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Panel 8:
     o Closing statements By organizers
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lunch Tour to Jerash (Ancient Roman City) , Lunch served during tour
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Departure of Participants

Thursday – June 25, 2009
All day Departure of remaining participants